‘All-Star Celebrity Apprentice’ review: Omarosa cries, Dennis Rodman impresses

Is there something in the water on “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice”? Maybe the collective experience of some of these people on reality TV has led to us have some preconceived notions about the people on this show. For one, we expected Omarosa to be completely and totally tough-as-nails. However, she completely broke down this week after winning Project Manager, and it was one of the most emotional moments we’ve ever seen on this show.

Meanwhile, who saw Dennis Rodman the game-player coming? After being a mess for his first time on the show, he may have really been the reason Omarosa’s team won. He was smart enough to ask the question to Universal Orlando during the meetings about whether or not they should use celebrities as a selling point, and this was really what guided them along the right path while Dee Snider’s team faltered. The whole North Korea thing aside, we really want to see Dennis do well on this season. He’s an interesting guy who clearly has some business savvy, but is often misunderstood.

Before we get into the firing, we have to take issue for a minute with what La Toya Jackson accused Omarosa of doing after her challenge win: using her fiance’s passing as a means to get sympathy and advance in the game. Does she not realize that taping for this show began just around six weeks after Michael Clarke Duncan’s death, and that this would be very much on her mind? What a horrible thing to say, and we don’t care what your preconceived notions of Omarosa are. This would be like someone accusing La Toya a couple of months after Michael’s death of using him for some sort of benefit, and we do not believe anyone would really have the gall to say something like that. It was just unseemly, and you cannot just assume the worst of Omarosa because she’s the villain.

In getting back to the actual firing itself, it was clear to us that (shocker!) Gary Busey really should have been sent home. He’s not much of a team player, he acts a little creepy around guests from time to time, and we don’t really know at the end of the day if he’s going to help in the long-term. However, Trump’s love for the Busey continues, and we are pretty sure the man refuses to do anything about this guy until at least week 4. Instead, the Donald went for the easy route and fired Dee, mostly because he was the Project Manager and he had a brilliant idea from Penn Jillette under his nose that he didn’t bother to use.

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